2000 Assembly of Delegates
Nominees for Canadian/International Constituency Group Associate Directors

November 10-12, 2000, Albuquerque, New Mexico
In conjunction with the Sigma Xi Forum, November 9-10, 2000

Name: David Dalman Cass

Present Position: Professor of Botany
Organization: University of Alberta

Address: Dept. of Biological Sciences
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9
CANADA

Telephone: 780-492-3248
FAX: 780-492-9234
E-mail: d.cass@ualberta.ca

Chapter Affiliation: University of Alberta

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Sigma Xi: Sigma Xi member (1966-); First President, University of Alberta Chapter (1993-95); Member, Executive Committee, University of Alberta Chapter (1995 - 2000). Other: Editorial Board, two international journals dealing with plant development.

Biographical Information: CASS, DAVID D. EXPERIMENTAL EMBRYOGENESIS IN FLOWERING PLANTS. Current Pos:Professor of Botany, 80-. Chmn Dept. of Bot, 79-84. Personal Data: b Indianapolis, Ind, Sept 1, 38; m 66. Educ: Butler Univ, BS, 61; Univ Okla, PhD(bot), 67. Prof Exp: USPHS fel, Univ Calif, Berkeley, 66-68, lectr biol, 68-69. Honors & Awards: Univ. Alberta Faculty of Science Teaching Award, 88; Univ. Alberta A. C. Rutherford Teaching Award, 90; Canada 3M Teaching Fellow, 96; Univ of Alberta Board of Governors Award of Distinction, 97. Mem: Bot Soc Amer; Can Bot Asoc; Int Soc Plant Morphologists; Int Assoc Sexual Plant Reprodcution Research; Int Assoc Wood Anatomists; Sigma Xi; Soc for In Vitro Biol. Edit Board: Can J Bot, 82-85; Phytomorphology, 84-; Sexual Plant Reproduction, 92-. Res: Experimental embryogenesis in flowering plants, including mechanisms of gamete fusion, analytical studies of embryo development, and development of new approaches to produce transgenic plants, especially maize.

Recommended by: Canadian/International Constituency Group Nominating Committee

Name: Grant Allan Gardner

Present Position: Associate Dean of Science
Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland

Address: Dean of Science Office
Memorial University
St. John's, NF A1B 3X7
Canada

Telephone: 709-737-8155
FAX: 709-737-3316
E-mail: ggardner@morgan.ucs.mun.ca

Chapter Affiliation: Avalon Chapter

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Sigma Xi: Avalon Chapter (1984), founding member of Chapter; Chapter delegate 1996, 1998, 1999; Acting President 1998-; Nominating Committee, Northeast Region, 1999-

Biographical Information: GRANT ALLAN GARDNER. Biological Oceanography, Biology. Current Pos: Assoc. Prof. Biology 1987-; Assoc. Dean (Administration and Undergraduate), Faculty of Science 1994-; Educ. U. of Guelph, B.Sc. (Marine Biology), 1970; U. of British Columbia, M.Sc. 1972, Ph.D. 1976 (Biological Oceanography). Prof. Exp. PDF, Institute of Ocean Sciences, 1976-78; Memorial Univ.: Deputy Head, Biology, 1988-1994; A/Head, 1991; Promotion and Tenure Cttee. 1989-90; Assoc. Dean of Sci. 1994-present; Acting Dean of Sci. May 1 - Aug. 31/99; Senate Undergraduate Studies Cttee. 1984-93 (Chair 87-93); Senate, elected member 1987-96; Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication, 1992-present (Chair 1998- present); Atlantic Provinces Council on the Sciences (Chair 1995-97); Atlantic Co-operative Wildlife Ecology Research Network, Management Cttee., 1994-present; Fellow, Nortel Institute for Excellence in Education.

Recommended by: Canadian/International Constituency Group Nominating Committee

Name: Paul Pechan

Present Position: Scientist
Organization: Technical University Munich

Address: Wettlkam 3
Otterfing, 83624
Germany

Telephone: 49-8024-93333
FAX: 49-8024-93150
E-mail: 100715.331@compuserve.com

Chapter Affiliation: Swiss

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Member of Sigma Xi since 1984 (UC Davis chapter). He is the founding member of the Prague Sigma Xi chapter in 1995 and its former president. Since 1995 he has been a member of the Sigma Xi International Committee.

Biographical Information: Paul Pechan graduated from University of Waterloo, Canada in 1977 and received his PhD in Plant Physiology at Cambridge University, England in 1983. As a postdoc, he worked one year at UC Davis and three years at the Ottawa Research Station (Agriculture Canada). In 1988 he was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt fellowship to work in Germany: from 1988-1995 he was a group leader at the Max Planck Institute (MPI fuer Biochemie). Since 1995 he works at the Technical University Munich: his research areas include stress proteins and embryogenesis in plants. He is an editor of TERRA, a new European Agricultural journal.

Because of his origins in the Czech Republic he held a number of positions in that country as well. He was a honorary visiting professor at the Agricultural University Prague(1992-1993), vice president of Prague Institute of Advanced Studies (1992-1997) and head of plant molecular laboratory at Charles University Prague (1995-2000).

Additional Comments: I believe my international experience and my long standing involvement with the Sigma Xi international committee can be useful for the position of the associate director of the Canadian/International Constituency group.

Recommended by: Canadian/International Constituency Group Nominating Committee

Name: Peter Alexander Pechan

Present Position: President
Organization: Prague Institute of Advanced Studies

Address: PIAS
House of Europe
Narodni 17
Prague, 110 00
Czech Republic

Telephone: +420224214648
FAX: +42024234971
E-mail: pechan@ms.anet.cz

Chapter Affiliation: Prague Institute of Advanced Studies

Sigma Xi and Other Activities: Sigma Xi: Sigma Xi PIAS Chapter President Elect 2000 Other: European Parliamentary Technology Assessment Organization; Council of Directors Member/Observer status 1996-present.

Biographical Information: Place and Date of birth: Prague, 1/13/1950; Education: D.Phil Oxford 1987; Co-principal investigator NIH, USA 1985-89; President, PIAS, Czech Republic 1991-present; Advisor to First Deputy Minister of Education 1992-1993; Member of EU PECO Task Force 1992; EU PHARE Coordinator for Science and Technology 1992.

Additional Comments: I have been fully involved in helping to develop the knowledge-based society in central and eastern Europe for the past ten years. I think that Sigma Xi should become a major global organization that assists in knowledge-based society development and I intend to do all I can so that Sigma Xi achieves this important mission.

Recommended by: Canadian/International Constituency Group Nominating Committee

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